On Infinite Order Simple Current Extensions of Vertex Operator Algebras

Abstract

We construct a direct sum completion ${\mathcal{C}}_{\oplus }$ of a given braided monoidal category $\mathcal{C}$ which allows for the rigorous treatment of infinite order simple current extensions of vertex operator algebras as seen in \cite{CKL}. As an example, we construct the vertex operator algebra $V_L$ associated to an even lattice $L$ as an infinite order simple current extension of the Heisenberg VOA and recover the structure of its module category through categorical considerations.

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